Libertarian Party of Montgomery County
Promoting liberty throughout the Greater Dayton area and the Miami Valley
Meanwhile, Trump’s own considerable lying, most consequentially about the integrity of the 2020 election, will also befoul the political atmosphere, driving the headline presidential race further downward into a spiral of hyperbolic bilge.
https://reason.com/2024/09/03/when-bidens-bubble-wrap-burst/
The deeper lesson is that giving the government more power to set wages (or regulate other aspects of the economy) creates the conditions for exactly this sort of thing to happen…
And the more the government does that, the more opportunities there will be for officials to reward their friends and punish their enemies.
https://reason.com/2024/02/28/why-is-panera-exempted-from-californias-new-minimum-wage-law/
The country doesn’t have to punish itself like this with political selections that come pre-rejected.
https://reason.com/2024/02/05/americans-unhappy-with-politicians-theyll-soon-vote-back-into-office/
The problem, of course, is that they’re both full of baloney.
Why are policymakers spoiling for a change to make the constitution more difficult to amend? Likely because their opinions are out of step with the voters.
It is true that gridlock may prevent the adoption of potentially good legislation or the repeal of bad legislation, but this is still better than tyranny.
How can the individuals of each party hate their fellow citizens of the other party more and more while the two parties are coming closer ideologically? The reason is that their ideologies are essentially two shades of political authoritarianism. Each group wants to coercively impose its preferences on individuals of the other group, to restrict the latter’s liberty.